surreptitious
Example Sentences
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The move comes as Shell faces scrutiny after his Paramount bosses hired a law firm to investigate his surreptitious dealings with Cipriani, a self-styled “fixer.”
From Los Angeles Times
Just before 7 a.m., a Benin intelligence operative took surreptitious video of five rebel armored vehicles and four pickups leaving QRF headquarters, hazard lights flashing.
A surreptitious change of bank details does not bode well for your mother’s estate planning.
From MarketWatch
In a written statement, she claimed "The Mail's Unlawful Acts against me involve landline tapping my phones and recording my live telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics on my home windows."
From Barron's
She alleges the Mail tapped her landlines and placed "surreptitious mics on my home windows" in an effort to get stories.
From BBC
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